Improvement in peg-cutters



M. BUHLE R.

Peg-Gutter.

No.l64,139.

Patented June 8,1875.

WITNESSES:

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NITED STATES PATENT ()FFIGE.

MATTHEW BUHLER, OF LAMOILLH, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PEG-CUTTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 164,139, dated June 8,1875; application filed April 24, 1875.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW BUHLER, of 'Lamoille, in the county ofBureau and 1 State of Illinois, have invented a new and temper thanprojecting pegs yet such annoyances are suffered from day to day simplybecause there is at hand no effectual method of removing them. A

My object in the present invention is to provide a small, cheap, andsimple tool, by which the pegs can be removed by the sufferer at oncewith very little trouble; and it consists in an adjustable cutter andrasp, by which the pegs may be removed from any part of the bottom ofthe boot or shoe with perfect ease, the same being constructed andarranged as herein after described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of the tool,showing the shank and handle. Fig. 2 is a view of the cutters and raspdetached from the shank. Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 2, taken on theline at 00.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the face of the tool, to which is rigidly attached the stem B. G isthe shank, which has two mortises forthe stem B, which unite at the endof the shank, and branch obliquely therefrom through opposite sides ofthe shank, as seen at D and E in Fig. 3. By turning over the shank, theposition of the cutter and rasp is changed to enable the operator to cutthe pegs from any part of the bottom. F are the cutters arranged at bothends of the tool. Gr represents the rasp, which follows the forwardcutter. H is an aperture at the heel of the tool, having a sharp edgefor smoothing off the pegs in the heel of the boot or shoe. The handleis seen in dotted lines, and fits onto the shank O with a socket. I Iare edges at the end of the tool for cutting pegs from the heel. v

With this tool on hand, there need be no excuse for pain in the feet,the Wearing out of stockings, or for scolding about the shoemaker, as afull remedy is at the command of the wearer.

Having thus described myinvention,I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. The peg-cutter A, having its lower sur- 1a 3e wroughtinto cutting and rasping edges, and provided with end cutters A andaperture H, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The shank 0, having mortises D E cut in from opposite sides, andunited at the end of the shank to receive the stem B, as and for thepurposes described.

MATTHEW BUHLER.

Witnesses:

J AMEs E. CHAPMAN, JOHN N. OHADDooK.

